Shatt Uthman

شط عثمان

Shatt Uthman at Basra — Uthman ibn Abi al-As (may God be pleased with him) al-Thaqafi bought it from Caliph Uthman for his Ta'if money, or, as told, for his brother's Medina house which the caliph annexed to the Mosque.

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Shatt Uthman is a site in Basra. The author of Futuh al-Buldan mentions that Uthman ibn Abi al-As al-Thaqafi bought it from Uthman ibn Affan (may God be pleased with him) with money he had at al-Ta'if. It is said that he bought it in exchange for a house he had in Medina, which Uthman ibn Affan added to the mosque. 1 The site has a connection with Basra.

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  1. Futuh al-Buldan — al-Baladhuri (Mu'assasat al-Ma'arif edition)
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islam.museum contributors. “Shatt Uthman”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/place/shatt-uthman/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-16.

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